]]>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:07:56 +0000Snowbeast on Harvest Status?http://www.seventypercent.com/forum/news/harvest-status/#p7311
Newshttp://www.seventypercent.com/forum/news/harvest-status/#p7311I'm thinking along the lines of an analysis of the effect of weather conditions on beans - e.g. dry growing season vs unusually cool spring vs rain/high humidity during harvest. Since the criollo and porcelana beans seem to be so sensitive to environmental factors, I assume that slight variations could affect bean flavor while not necessarily ruining the crop.

Based on this info, it would be possible to make predictions for the chocolate made from the current harvest.

Does anyone know if it's possible to check the status of the current cacao harvest - per country, per company or as a whole? It would be interesting to get some info based on the year's weather and other factors, in order to get a feel for what we can expect from certain companies in 2006.